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I dont know much about creative writing programs. But theyre not t

I dont know much about creative writing programs. But theyre not telling the truth if they dont teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer. – Doris Lessing

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When youre young you think that youre going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and peace. This is profoundly untrue. – Doris Lessing

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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something youve understood all your life, but in a new way. – Doris Lessing

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